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P55 Motherboard Round-up: Asus, EVGA, GB, Intel, MSI
The first motherboard in our round up hails from the Asus camp. With one glance, its obvious the P7P55D Deluxe offers a number of interesting additions to compliment the P55 chipset. This product targets the enthusiast crowd by offering cutting edge looks, overclocking features and high end components. Like most Asus boards, this model makes use of a black PCB with large, aggressively designed heat sinks on the VRM and chipset. The P7P55D is an attractive board and the southbridge heatsink even lights up during normal operation. Its worth noting that the VRM on the P7P55D Deluxe makes use of a hybrid 16+3 phase configuration, where 16 phases are dedicated to the processor cores and three to the CPUs integrated memory controller. Additionally, the VRM contains low Rds MOSFETs, ferrite core chokes, and Japanese capacitors. Heat spreaders are even placed beneath the board in order to promote heat dissipation.The P7P55D Deluxe features an integrated Asus T.Probe chip, which detects and balances power phase loads and temperatures on the fly. In other words, T.Probe helps the VRM components run cooler by leveling power distribution across active phases, which should extend the board's life span while offering reliable power output.
Asus P7P55D Deluxe
Asus has a number of forthcoming motherboards that are based on Intel's new P55 Express chipset, with the P7P55D Deluxe being one of the first releases. Compared to the overclocker and enthusiast-aimed Gigabyte P55-UD6 (also reviewed in this issue) the P7P55D Deluxe is designed with high-end users in mind. As a result the Deluxe isn't exactly an overclocker's dream come true; its CPU Vcore and memory voltage maximums are 1.628- and 2-volts respectively. The Gigabyte eclipses both in terms of maximum settings, so if you're after a hardcore overclocking motherboard, the P55-UD6 is the better choice. In terms of performance however the P7P55D regains ground as it proved a slightly quicker motherboard though by small margins. In our DivX, Lame and WinRAR benchmark tests the Asus scored times of 22-, 132- and 59-seconds. The Gigabyte in comparison produced times of 23-, 132- and 60-seconds respectively. Even on the gaming front the Asus edged ahead slightly, managing framerate results of 307.9fps and 80fps in Street Fighter IV, whereas the Gigabyte managed 307.8fps and 79fps.
A look at Asus' P7P55D and Gigabyte's GA-P55-UD4P motherboards
Intel's Lynnfield-based Core i5 and i7 processors arrived in style last week, boasting phenomenal performance, frugal power consumption, and affordable prices starting at just $200. Ostensibly targeted at "mainstream" audiences, these first examples of Nehalem trickle-down have many of us pondering system upgrades. Lynnfield CPUs won't drop into existing LGA1366 or LGA775 sockets, though, so upgraders will have to seek out new motherboards with 1156-pin Land Grid Arrays and Intel's latest P55 Express chipset. We looked at a trio of P55 mobos from The Big Three in our chipset launch coverage, but we were unable to come up with a solid recommendation because the Asus and Gigabyte entries carried suggested retail prices of $229 and $250, respectively. That's a heck of a lot to pay for a mid-range processor platform at a time when motherboards have next to no real impact on application or gaming performance. The only upgrades you seem to get over more vanilla models are gimmicky extras that are rarely truly useful, extra SATA and GigE ports that few actually need, and the spoils of a power-phase pissing match between manufacturers, which I suspect may only benefit the most hardcore of liquid-nitrogen-fueled extreme overclockers.
Intel's P55 Express chipset
As I sit here writing this article ahead of Lynnfield's official unveiling, I can't help but be amused that Asus' P7P55D Deluxe is already for sale—and listed as in stock—at several online retailers. The board is currently running around $225, which is quite expensive given the ostensibly mid-range chipset. But then this is also a Deluxe, and just one of a whole collection of P55-based motherboards coming from Asus. Among those are a vanilla version of the P7P55D, an even more exotic flavor, and some love for the microATX crowd. Today, the Deluxe is in the spotlight, and it looks very much the part. Users will only see the board briefly unless they're running case windows, which is a shame, because it's quite a looker. Asus has embraced the more muted tones that have come to typify modern motherboard design, and there's a sophistication to the Deluxe's palette. The Deluxe looks surprisingly bare, which I suspect has a lot to do with the lack of a discrete north bridge chip hogging the middle of the landscape. Don't be deceived by appearances, though. Asus has packed quite a lot onto this board, and into it.
Prices
| Retailer | Information | Stock | Prices | |
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ASUS LGA1156 Intel P55 DDR3 - 2133 ATX Motherboard P7P55D Deluxe | unknown | $164.99 | |
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ASUS CORE I7/CORE I5 INTEL P55 CHIPSET DDR3 - P7P55D DELUXE P7P55D DELUXE | In stock | $171.59 | |
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ASUS LGA1156 Intel P55 DDR3 - 2133 ATX Motherboard P7P55D Deluxe | unknown | $176.39 | |
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ASUS P7P55D Deluxe LGA1156 Intel P55 Motherboard | unknown | $189 | |
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P7P55D P55 LGA1156 2XDDR3 3PCIE16 2GBE | In stock | $193.92 | |
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ASUS P7P55D Deluxe Intel P55 LGA1156 Motherboard - P7P55D DELUXE | In stock | $193.99 | |
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Asus P7p55d Deluxe, Lga 1156 Mb New!!! | In stock | $195.59 | |
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Asus P7P55D LGA1156 Intel P55 DDR3 2133 ATX Motherboard P7P55D Deluxe | In stock | $202.94 | |
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Asus Asus P7P55D LGA1156 Intel P55 DDR3 2133 ATX Motherboard P7P55D Deluxe | In stock | $202.94 | |
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Asus P7P55D LGA1156 Intel P55 DDR3 2133 ATX Motherboard P7P55D Deluxe | In stock | $202.94 | |
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Asus P7P55D DELUXE Core I7/Core I5 Intel P55 Chipset Ddr3 | In stock | $220.09 |
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